President Trump called himself “an environmentalist” while boasting about American oil and gas production at the G7 Summit in France Monday.
His answer came in response to a question about whether he believes in the reality of climate change, which he has previously described as a hoax.“In a nutshell, I want the cleanest water on earth. I want the cleanest air on earth,” Trump said at the end of a press conference, before leaving the stage. “I’m an environmentalist. A lot of people don’t understand that. I’ve done more environmental impact statements...
The United States does not have the cleanest air and water on earth. The president frequently makes this claim, which conflates traditional measures of pollution with greenhouse-gas emissions, the cause of global warming. Trump boasted about opening up the previously untouched Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling after decades of political controversy.
“I think I know more about the environment than most people,” said Trump, who in 2017 announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement to globally reduce greenhouse gas emissions and was the only world leader not appearing at the G7 meeting on climate change over the weekend.
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